Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine whether results of a questionnaire survey were useful for predicting the activities of children receiving dental treatment. The subjects were 143 children aged 3−8 years and their parents. The following results were obtained.1.The majority of answers to questions 1−3 were [Positive], while the majority to question 4 were [Passive].2.Based on Frankl's Behavior Rating Scale (Frankl's classification), incidence was highest for Class3.Moreover, no patients aged 6 or more were classified as Class 1 and none aged 8 or older were Class 2.3.The contribution of the first principal component was approximately 60% in regard to the influence level of content in the prior questionnaire, while the contributions of the second and third principal components were the same at nearly 20%.4.To clarify whether Frankl's classification is useful for prediction based on a prior questionnaire,discriminant analysis between classes of prior questionnaire results of and that classification was performed. The results showed that more than half of the classifications were predictable in patients aged 4 and older.Our findings show that a prior questionnaire has influence on the activities of young patients,which is generally left to the experience of the attending dentist. These results may lead to improvements in pediatric dentist management techniques.
